CSDILA Research Group

Proactive planning for water distribution system rehabilitation and expansion under long-term uncertainty

J Yao, W Wu, AR Simpson, B Rismanchi

Journal article  |  2026  |  Reliability Engineering and System Safety

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Long-term planning of water distribution system (WDS) rehabilitation is challenged by multiple sources of long-term uncertainty, u..

Lower limb joint kinematics in older adults during steady-state walking in the home setting

Mohammad Yavari, Zhou Fang, Yiqun Chen, Davood Shojaei, Peter Lee, Abbas Rajabifard, David C Ackland

Journal article  |  2026  |  Gait & Posture

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Background Older adults most commonly experience falls in the home setting, yet the extent to which age and the internal home envi..

The ‘What If’ framework: A scenario-based counterfactual approach to modelling urban resilience and disaster impact

R Camacho, J Aryal, A Rajabifard

Journal article  |  2026  |  Sustainable Cities and Society

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Urban growth in hazard-prone regions is frequently shaped by informal settlement expansion. Yet, disaster impact assessments typic..

Human-centric traffic signal control for equity: A multi-agent action branching deep reinforcement learning approach

X Zhang, N Nassir, LS Chan, M Haghani

Journal article  |  2026  |  Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence

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Coordinating traffic signals along multimodal corridors is challenging because many multi-agent deep reinforcement learning (DRL) ..

Advancing vegetation segmentation from ALS point clouds: From benchmarking to GreenSegNet-A

A Aditya, B Lohani, J Aryal, S Winter

Journal article  |  2026  |  Science of Remote Sensing

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Accurate large-scale vegetation segmentation is essential to maintain vegetation inventories, which are vital for informed ecologi..

The unpredictability of community priorities in planning for water-scarce futures in the Goulburn-Broken River Basin

MA Grupper, AC Horne, JD Olden, JA Webb, S Ho

Journal article  |  2026  |  Environmental Science and Policy

Community engagement is critical for water management under climate change. There is limited clarity about what types of informati..

An Automated Framework for Natural Language-Based Spatial Query Using Large Language Models

E Javaherian Pour, Y Chen, A Kesminas, A Rajabifard, M Ghasemi Tootkaboni

Journal article  |  2026  |  Journal of Geovisualization and Spatial Analysis

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Automating spatial analysis remains challenging due to its dependence on predefined workflows, static schemas, and expert-driven c..

Regulating jaywalking behaviour in adaptive traffic signal control using a novel deep reinforcement learning approach

Lok Sang Chan, Xiaocai Zhang, Neema Nassir, Majid Sarvi

Journal article  |  2026  |  Multimodal Transportation

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This paper presents a deep reinforcement learning based adaptive traffic signal control framework that explicitly models jaywalkin..

Developing an integrated framework for 3D cadastre in Iran

J Jafari, AA Alesheikh, B Atazadeh

Journal article  |  2026  |  Land Use Policy

Rapid urbanization and the increasing complexity of land use in Iran have highlighted the need for the development of a 3D digital..

Low-Cost Acoustic Sensing Framework for Multivehicle Detection in Complex Urban Traffic

H Parineh, M Sarvi, SA Baglooe

Journal article  |  2026  |  IEEE Sensors Letters

This letter presents a low-cost acoustic sensing framework for vehicle detection and counting in complex urban environments with s..